Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16
soUIBS.

the dime Just now? "Only by sight"
Laynan-Deacon Jones is a prohibi-
Zionist, is he not? Another Layman-I
think so. / saw him in crockery store
the other day buying jug.
Her gracious Majesty received another
batch of American female toads yester-
day at her regular weekly bareback ex-
hibition.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says that s'the
world has out lived all it's passion She
is partly wrong. There is much more
yet to be written about the late war.
The worst thing about going fishing on
Sunday is that you have to take a long,
roundabout road to get to the fishing
grounds without being seen.
Drinkwater and Rainwater are the
names of two politicians out west 1t is
safe to wager that frewater can knock
both out at the polls.
1t is lucky for US the Colossus of Rhodes
committed suicide when he did, He
might have come over here and eloped
with our statue of Liberty.
Mrs. Spriggins thinks it shame the po-
lice do not take some steps regarding the
villainous behavior of the Washington
ball nine in stealing bases from the New
YOrks.
1t is with unalloyed pleasure that the
Bulletin arises to remark that the profane
name of HelIs Bend has been changed
to pleasant Grove.
An English statistician declares that
married men live longer and live better
lives than bachelors. There are a great
many things in this world that are diff
cult of explanation,
Where He Shone--At the ball-Grace
Whispering -What lovely boots your
partner has got, Mary Mary (ditto)-
Yes, unfortunately he shines at the wrong
end.
He was "jewel" when she married
him; six months later he was her ''gem."
When the matter came up in the devorce
trial, two years after, she explained that
g. 9. m. stood for ''green-eyed monster"
The unprecedented amount of railroad
building now going on is proof that Am
orleans have confidence in the future of
the country.
Tha weather of the last week was favor
able to the growing crops, especially
she corn and wheat regions of
the West. The big barns will be full again,
as usual.
And now it turns ont that there Is no
$75 100000 estate, nor any other estate,
awaiting the American Sands family in
England. However, the disappointment
is not SO great, as it would only have
averaged a few dollars per head any
how.
AZ an Induction dinner some years ago
in Kinriemnir an elder referring to the
changes in the ministry round abeut, said
he had seem four changes at DUnnicchen:
three had sfied, and one had gone to
better place.
Almost any woman will sign her name
MARY Frances" and take a. FASHIONABLE
pride in admiring her meas callisraphy
and uniGIe autograph. Bus if her name
happens 80 be '%Mary Jane" she Invariably
writes it Mamie j." Why is this thas?
A very Ane quality of cellusoid, an OK
,hange says, is being made from'potsaoes.
Tbis statement ie doubtless correct, but
what excistss our surprise is the fact shat
20 one has ever thought of making a.
out of boarding house steak
Chief (stsrnIy)--Aate to Office. again,
;s,is morning.. MIR: Thigpenn. This, is,
TIE fourth time withm-
,ealTlly Yes, and PA Becoming more ana,
more convinced every day that the office.
should seek TIE man, end not the M an ,the,I
Office
lyon say yea stunaped Texas for the-l
Prohibition t5sket. Sshat peculiarly of
your audience struck, you rpOet forcitay ?''
Well" said she missionary, @tbe chuaks
Of clay and pieses of Nyrich STRUCK he rzost,
forcibAyy but TIE eggs stayed by me the-I
longest"
Mr.. Brown a2aai Mrs. Eerggscu frequert-
y East at the houss of Lady friend !
They, seemed tCs.be attracted toward each
other,. but were Tserpetaaily @Rerreling.i
81 sam only aseOunt FOR it in one way,2,,
said she hostess'one day.; "tAey 1aust 5s
secretly xaarrieA"'
s'I wish could aforai to have the house
painted this spring." said Ear. Chippeo=
berry as ne stood in tie front yard after
supper and leaked ever his 5omicils. /
'Can't you get, 70 lithegrapbeda'7 suggest
ed Mrs. Chippeaberry> photographs ars
so musa cheaper than. neal painting, yon.
know
One of the nnost interesting machines,
used IN the laEndries, at Toy rs called a.
'swhizzev." It dries clothes by making
/ 900 revolutions a minute. One of these
days the wizzer will be Introduced into
the editorial ROOM, and sac bore wks
persists in, falling wAIle the. editor is busy,
up to his ears, will he invi5ad to get into
the waiEerr and: dry mp.
Charles A. Dana> of the Kew York SIn,
is so fond of fine pottery Shat ne has ia-
vesteasabout $2O0,seO in it. When Nzr.
Dana feels lihe playing "ball IN the chinar
wiz not need to go OF his 1wn
premises.
Cssie Ellis, bright and pretty, is one of
the girls who. have succeeded ON the stage
witlasut losing her love COR what is good
and pure. Among her intinates She is
known as 2the little mother" which she.
has really been TO large family of meth
eraess brothers and sisters.
Thomas coDnty Kansas, Is named after
General Thomas, and all the townships in
the county are named after soldiers Of the
Eighth Kansas Regiment who were killed
in the battle of Chickamauga. That part
Of Kansas should be especially attractive
to the boys in blus.s
The cornerstone of the new library
building for Mr.. Moody's school at North